The Long Family

Nightfall. The moon was split in two and the silhouettes of hundreds of mountains could be seen in the distance with high mansions on every mountains topsoil.

"Wah Wah... Wah wah..."

The cries of a baby echoed across one of the mountains. Suddenly, thunder began to roar in the sky and the ground began to tremble.

"What's going on!!?" Asked an old woman with a faltering and curious voice.

"WE DONT KNOW!!" Screamed a half-kneeling man in front of the old woman as he had his head lowered.

The man had a scar across his face which was broad and rough. Whatever had caused this old wound was blunt and the injury had never been stitched or treated. With the man's deep and unfathomable cultivation he could easily fix this issue but apparently, he hasn't done so.

"How many times have I told you not to kneel in front of me every time you answer me and why are you screaming!!?" Said the old women while sending the half-kneeling middle-aged man flying with a wave of her hand.

The scar crossed face man was sent flying into the wall which immediately broke apart on impact, blood oozed out of his mouth as he spurted blood.

"Have my daughter given birth yet!!?" The old woman's ears twitched as she let out a cry of astonishment.

Beside her sat an old man with white long winter hair and wrinkles all over his face and a goatee so long it ran all the way down to his kneecaps.

"You always lose composure to easily, Zhi Rou!" Hissed the old man with a hoarse voice.

"Are you cursing me! Long Wu!" The old woman's eyes went wide as she jumped up from her seat and took her cane and threw it at the old man.

The old man didn't try to dodge the flying cane that was about to hit his face, but rather just lifted up his old wrinkled arm and pointed one finger at the flying incoming cane, then something abnormal began to take place, as the flying cane unexpectedly began to wither into dust.

"I did not do such a foolish thing." The old man referred to as Long Wu sighed as he looked at the old woman with a loving gaze.

Zhi Rou's eyes narrowed as she looked at Long Wu with an angry look.

"Don't forget that you actually allowed our daughter to marry a mad man! You even allowed our daughter to be taken away!"

"A mad man huh? He is just a brat with delusional and improper thoughts." The old man sighed as he stood up and placed both his hands behind his back and suddenly disappeared.

Zhi Rou's face turned extremely cold when she heard Long Wu's last words.

'Delusional and improper thoughts!? I should have beaten up that man back in the days to get him on the right path!' Zhi Rou sighed as she also disappeared.

Only one person was left in the room and that was the middle-aged man with the scar across his face and who kneeled before the Zhi Rou before, he gathered up all his strength as he lifted up his injured body while muttering to himself

"Old-timers! Pah! if it weren't for this barrier which keeps us locked up like animals in a cage, I would have already left this god forbidden place!!" The scar crossed face man spat on the floor as he walked out of the room.

Inside an old ancient looking house a beautiful woman drenched in sweat laid on a bed with a crying baby in her arms while a tall, powerful-looking middle-aged man dressed in all white with black hair tied up in a knot was standing beside the bed, one of his sleeves flung in air indicating that he was missing an arm!

"The life and death formation barrier which keeps us all locked up has loosened up a bit after the gathering of lightning and thunder on the outside." Muttered the powerful-looking middle-aged man all dressed up in white with a cold voice while starring outside the window in the room.

"Husband can we not talk about that barrier right now? Your son has finally been born." Said the beautiful middle-aged woman who laid on the bed in an angry and displeased tone.

"Wah Wah... Wah wah.." The baby began to cry louder and louder as he tried to reach for his father with his arm stretched out.

It was as if he was asking his father to carry him.

"What should we name our son?" Asked the beautiful woman softly while looking at the crying baby with loving and caring eyes.

"Let's call him Cheng, Long Cheng" Answered the man beside the beautiful woman in a cold and distant voice.

"Are you sure? Tian Zhang?" The beautiful woman was surprised for a second as she looked at her husband with curious eyes.

"Yes, you obviously know that we can't give him my surname! Xie'er." Tian Zhang said calmly as he still kept staring out the window.

"But husband!" Long Xie tried to reason with her husband when she suddenly saw her husband body twitch for a second.

"No Buts, it's already decided." Tian Zhang calmly answered as he looked at his wife affectionately.

"Where is the maids?" Tian Zhang calmly continued as he squinted his eyes, as if he could feel a bad omen.

"Tian Zhang! You actually dared to show your face here, brat!" An ancient voice entered the room and the air in the room sudden distorted.

Tian Zhang face immediately changed as he waved his hand towards his wife and baby and immediately escaped.

But before he could get far, an old withered hand came out of nowhere and grabbed the back of his head and pressed it against the ground.

The ground immediately broke apart as a huge crater could be spotted. Long Xie was gentle pushed to the side as she saw her husband pressed down to the ground with his head facing downwards.

An old man with a long white goatee could be seen pressing his hand onto the back of Tian Zhang's head.

"Please, stop father!" Long Xie cried out aloud as she saw her husband pinned to the ground by her father Long Wu!

Long Xie tried to run towards her husband and father but was suddenly intercepted by an old woman who grabbed her shoulders and kept her firm in her grasp.

"Mother! Why are you doing this?" Long Xie asked with a pained expression.

Zhi Rou looked at her daughter for second before her eyes landed on the baby in her arms.

"Can I hold him?" Zhi Rou asked excited as she stared at her grandchild.

Long Xie didn't answer as she kept looking at the situation before her.

"Who gave you the guts to show up in our Long family's household!?" Long Wu asked calmly while pinning down Tian Zhang firmly.

"I came to see my newborn son, obviously." Tian Zhang answered slowly while being pressed down.

"You know my position! I ought to capture right now right here!" Long Wu said calmly while tightening his grip on his head.

"But you won't do that, old man! So just release me already." Tian Zhang said blandly.

"You are the most wanted criminal in the world and you actually have the cheek to show up in our territory. What gall! What audacity!" Zhi Rou screamed from a distance while looking at the situation before her in an angry manner.

If it wasn't for this person her daughter could have married a good family and she would probably already have a bunch of grandchildren in her arms already!

Swoosh!

With a gust of wind, a flock of ten white-clothed men came out of nowhere and stared at the old man pressing his hand down on Tian Zhang in a nervous and tense manner.

"Oh... I'm guessing you are the higher-ups in the revolutionary league movement?" Long Wu raised his head and looked at the ten white-clothed men in an indifferent and completely disregarded manner.

"Let him go this instant!" A white-clothed man stepped forward as a sword appeared in his hand.

Long Wu eyes narrowed as he looked at the white-clothed man who actually had the guts to fight him.

"What the heck are you doing Ma Zhu! Don't get involved!" Tian Zhang screamed as he felt Ma Zhu's presence.

"Hoho, how gutsy! How many years has it been since I have stretched my arms for a bit? I wonder?" Long Wu half laughed while making a yawning motion with his arm.